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1793 Killinick, Ireland - 1861 Exmouth, England. Known for: Landscape and narrative painting.
Francis Danby (1793-1861). One of the greatest Irish landscape artists, noted for his romantic, naturalistic and imaginary scenes, Francis Danby led a precarious life, marred by unhappiness and... Read full biography
Francis Danby (1793-1861). One of the greatest Irish landscape artists, noted for his romantic, naturalistic and imaginary scenes, Francis Danby led a precarious life, marred by unhappiness and scandal. Born in Killinick, County Wexford, he moved with his family to Dublin during the 1798 Wexford... Read full biography
Francis Danby (1793-1861). One of the greatest Irish landscape artists, noted for his romantic, naturalistic and imaginary scenes, Francis Danby led a precarious life, marred by unhappiness and scandal. Born in Killinick, County Wexford, he moved with his family to Dublin during the 1798 Wexford Rising. After being left penniless by the death of his father in 1807, he went on to study at the Royal Dublin Society art schools, specializing in landscape painting. At the age of 20, he visited the... Read full biography
Francis Danby (1793-1861). One of the greatest Irish landscape artists, noted for his romantic, naturalistic and imaginary scenes, Francis Danby led a precarious life, marred by unhappiness and scandal. Born in Killinick, County Wexford, he moved with his family to Dublin during the 1798 Wexford Rising. After being left penniless by the death of his father in 1807, he went on to study at the Royal Dublin Society art schools, specializing in landscape painting. At the age of 20, he visited the Royal Academy Exhibition in London with his artist friends George Petrie (1790-1866) and James Arthur O'Connor (1792-1841), and was much impressed with Frosty Morning by JM Turner. Danby then travelled to Bristol, met and married a girl, and found he... Read full biography
Francis Danby (1793-1861). One of the greatest Irish landscape artists, noted for his romantic, naturalistic and imaginary scenes, Francis Danby led a precarious life, marred by unhappiness and scandal. Born in Killinick, County Wexford, he moved with his family to Dublin during the 1798 Wexford Rising. After being left penniless by the death of his father in 1807, he went on to study at the Royal Dublin Society art schools, specializing in landscape painting. At the age of 20, he visited the Royal Academy Exhibition in London with his artist friends George Petrie (1790-1866) and James Arthur O'Connor (1792-1841), and was much impressed with Frosty Morning by JM Turner. Danby then travelled to Bristol, met and married a girl, and found he could make a relatively easy living selling inexpensive watercolour drawings of local scenes - like, View of... Read full biography
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Art Media
- •Ink
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Irish